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The very public failures of famous businesses

Companies that failed to stay afloat
Eastern Airlines
Eastern Airlines
Hummer
Hummer
Pan American World Airways (Pan Am)
Pan American World Airways (Pan Am)
Commodore
Commodore
TWA
TWA
Enron
Enron
WorldCom
WorldCom
Compaq
Compaq
DeLorean Motor Company (DMC)
DeLorean Motor Company (DMC)
PaineWebber
PaineWebber
Lehman Brothers
Lehman Brothers
Woolworth's (US and UK)
Woolworth's (US)
Blockbuster
Blockbuster
Borders
Borders
Kodak
Kodak
Toys R Us
Toys R Us
Thomas Cook
Thomas Cook
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Companies that failed to stay afloat

The world of business can be a harsh one, and even some of the best-known global companies that have survived for decades aren’t invincible. Businesses that once seemed to dominate the world have been tainted by huge fraud scandals, plagued by recession or have simply failed to keep up. Here are the public failures of 17 huge companies.
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lovemoney staff

23 September 2019

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